SynthesisMedicine2018
Adherence to the dietary approaches to stop hypertension diet and risk of stroke: A meta-analysis of prospective studies.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Identification of Risk Factors for Stroke in China: A Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Pooled it
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- Effects of the Chinese Heart-Healthy Diet (Sichuan Cuisine Version) on the 10-year CVD risk and vascular age: a randomised controlled feeding trial.The British journal of nutrition · 2024Trial
- Effect of the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet on the development of preeclampsia and metabolic outcomes in pregnant women with pre-existing diabetes mellitus: a randomised, controlled, single-blind trial.Journal of nutritional science · 2023Trial
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- Accelerated aging as a key mechanism linking diet quality to cardiovascular disease: a prospective mediation analysis in the UK Biobank.GeroScience · 2026Article
- Association of dietary approaches to stop hypertension, genetic predisposition, and the risk of musculoskeletal disorders: a prospective cohort study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Article
- Association of Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension Diet With the Risk of Osteoporosis and Fracture: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Food science & nutrition · 2026Review
- Future of Stroke Prevention: 7 Updates in the 2024 AHA/ASA Primary Prevention of Stroke Guideline.JACC. Advances · 2025Article
- The DASH diet in diabetes related complications or comorbidities: an unexpected friend.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Review
- Analysis of Adherence Status and Influencing Factors Among Middle-Aged and Elderly Hypertension Patients in Rural Areas of Northeast China.International journal of hypertension · 2025Article
- Population attributable fraction of total stroke associated with modifiable risk factors in the United States.American journal of epidemiology · 2024Article
- A Higher Adherence to the ALINFA Nutritional Intervention Is Effective for Improving Dietary Patterns in Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Income level is associated with differences in primary and secondary stroke prevention in China.Archives of medical science : AMS · 2024Article
- Adherence to oxidative balance score is inversely associated with the prevalence of stroke: results from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2018.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
- Association of Central Blood Pressure and Carotid Intima Media Thickness with New-Onset Hypertension in People with High Normal Blood Pressure.Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis · 2023Article
- Impact of the Level of Adherence to the DASH Diet on Blood Pressure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Metabolites · 2023Review
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7 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet has been shown to lower the risk of hypertension, but its role in the prevention of stroke remains in debate. We therefore conducted a meta-analysis to examine the association between DASH diet and incident stroke.A systematic database search in PubMed and Embase was performed to identify eligible prospective studies. The study-specific relative risks (RRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were pooled using random-effect meta-analysis. Dose-response relationship between DASH diet score and risk of stroke was also assessed.We included 12 prospective cohort studies comprising a total of 548,632 participants, with follow-up duration ranging from 5.7 to 24 years. Compared with lower adherence, higher adherence to the DASH diet was related to a reduced risk of developing stroke (RR 0.88, 95% CI 0.83-0.93). Such a benefit of DASH diet seemed to be greater in the Asian than in the Western populations (P for interaction = .037). Dose-response meta-analysis indicated a linear association of the DASH diet score with stroke (P for nonlinearity = .411), and each 4-points increment in the score conferred a risk reduction of 4% (RR 0.96, 95% CI 0.94-0.97) in total stroke events.Our findings suggest that higher adherence to the DASH diet is associated with a decreased risk of stroke.
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